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...NICOLAS CAGE A one-man Face/Off, he blends Stewart's sincerity with Mitchum's melancholy...
Sean Archer (John Travolta) is an FBI agent determined to nail Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage), the terrorist who killed Sean's young son. He does so, apparently killing Castor. In order to find a bomb that...oh, never mind; it's too weird. Just know that Sean has Castor's face sewn on him. And then a revived Castor puts on Sean's face. The men are trapped in the personalities of their worst enemies...
...once, a movie knows how to use its stars. That's important, because, on one level, Face/Off is a comedy about acting--Really Big Acting. Cage, who must have been taking Christopher Walken lessons, is spooky-nuts as Castor, then wonderfully poignant as Sean. And Travolta, after shucking his dour FBI persona, shows a gaily dangerous side as Castor. He's a charming, reckless slime...
...almost fired from Peggy Sue Got Married, Raising Arizona and Moonstruck. "I was learning to act publicly," he admits, "and sometimes I'd fall on my face. I was an acquired taste, and it took people time to acquire me. Now I feel validated." So he should. Cage has built as bold and affecting a body of work as any actor...
...Cage revels in revealing Middle-American desperation, the panic at knowing one has to get through the day. Even when he plays the sweetest people, he creates a roiling emotional subtext. There is odd stuff going on inside; he's wild and weird at heart. So he will furrow his brow and gaze doggily at the speaker, as if he's trying hard to listen to your problems so his head won't explode from all of his. Yet he can see the humor in himself. Says Shirley MacLaine, his co-star in Guarding Tess: "Nic winks...